Fitchburg

5 kids, 2 adults missing in Fitchburg custodial kidnapping case, police say

The family is believed to be in a black 2018 Infiniti QX60, with Massachusetts license plate 5GCX18, and traveling with Isael Rivera

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Police in Massachusetts are looking for a woman and her five children, ranging from 10 years to 9 months old.

Fitchburg police said Thursday they were trying to find Ruth Encarnacion and her children Alexander (10), Alejandro (9), Alonzo (5), Abigail (4) and Adonis (9 months), all with the last name Rivera.

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The family is believed to be in a black 2018 Infiniti QX60, with Massachusetts license plate 5GCX18, and traveling with Isael Rivera, with whom they live.

Police said Thursday night that they had obtained warrants for Encarnacion and Isael Rivera on five counts each of custodial kidnapping of a minor by a relative.

Police didn't specify how Rivera, Encarnacion and the children are related.

Fitchburg police noted that they "explored the possibility" of an Amber Alert, but that one was not issued, as they "are not intended for missing child incidents involving parental kidnapping or child custody situations that lack specific information about the children in imminent danger of serious bodily harm or death."

Anyone with information about their whereabouts was asked to call Fitchburg police at 978-345-4355.

A representative for the department told NBC10 Boston it couldn't comment on whether the woman is in danger or where she was last seen, and they could not comment on any information beyond what was in the flyer.

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